I have a problem with "Happy X Birthday", where X refers to the number of years after your birthday has passed.

When I say, "Happy 16th Birthday!", I can't say it without thinking hard after that. How is it for someone to have a birthday 16 times? All of us were born once, and for Christians, a second birthday may be commemorated when you decide to become a Christian. That's what it means when someone is "born again". But where do the other 14 times come from? We don't repeat our birth 16 times in 16 years of our life, so it isn't logical to say, "It's my 16th birthday!"

Since everyone has only been given birth to once, that means our birthday should be a single day of a single month of a single year. Following this logic, wouldn't it be disturbing to say, "It's my birthday today!"? In the first place, for most cases, you weren't born today, and your birthday was ages ago.

All this seems so illogical to me, and even biologically misleading. However, I must admit that I haven't thought of anything better to say. Therefore, I apologise that whatever I've been typing is more of a critique than constructive thought.

The house sounds like it's being invaded. I'm half watching Transformers. Only half the population (Jean and dad) know how to appreciate the movie. They're already smiling and laughing before I get the whole joke. Mom gave up watching. I only find the music interesting. *Insert rant on how fascinated I am about composers knowing how to fit the incidental music into the movie action so well*